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  Glastonbury kids get airlifted to school
Updated 19 June 2003, 19.35
Kids will get an aerial view of Glastonbury
Kids who go to school in the village next to Glastonbury are going to be airlifted to school by helicopter.

It gets so packed with festival-goers at the end of June that it can be a nightmare for children to get to school cos of all the traffic.

So one of the pupil's parents has decided to airlift the kids to school instead.

Fun trips

Mark Edgley, who's a neighbour of Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis, started off saying he'd give his son a helicopter ride to school.

Around 100,000 music fans will be at the festival
But now 16 students at Millfield School in Pilton, Somerset, have signed up too.

Mr Edgley already ships bands into Glastonbury by helicopter, and runs fun trips for music fans at the festival.

"What I'm doing is just making everybody happy at school, and it's fun for the kids," he said. "My son's particularly looking forward to it."

Glastonbury Festival is from 27-29 June and features bands like Radiohead, REM and Sugababes.

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